The Washington Huskies hosted the biggest game in the Pac-12 last weekend with the Oregon Ducks coming to town and now they will head to the desert to play on the road against Arizona State as the team plays at Sun Devil Stadium at 6:00 PM on the Pac-12 Network.
The Huskies are coming off of a tough loss at home against Oregon by 20 points and now the team has lost two in a row to two of the strongest teams in the Pac-12 in the Ducks and Stanford, who won in a close game 31-28 the previous week. The Huskies opened the season 4-0 and now Washington has lost two in a row while giving up over 70 points and now they will be visiting a team that is ranked in the top 10 in scoring and the top 10 in passing yards per game while averaging over 500 total yards per contest. The Huskies have gotten strong play up front from both Keith Price and running back Bishop Sankey and for Washington to win Saturday both of those players will be key.
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Junior back Bishop Sankey has been playing very well for the Huskies this season, rushing for at least 125 yards in five of six games this year, including 167 in the loss last week against the Ducks while also scoring two touchdowns. Sankey has been one of the most productive backs in the Pac-12 this season, rushing for nearly 900 yards with nine touchdowns while averaging 5.7 yards per carry. Sankey has scored at least once in every game this season and he has scored two touchdowns in half of his games this year, going for over 160 yards in four of six games as well. Sankey had a huge game against Illinois with 208 yards rushing and even though the team has lost the last two games, they will ready to put up numbers against ASU.
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Keith Price has been very good as well, passing for 1,500 yards and 12 touchdowns, but he had less than 200 yards passing in the loss last week after having 350 yards and two touchdowns the previous game. Price has thrown for multiple touchdowns in every game this season apart from the loss last week and he has tossed three times as many touchdowns as interceptions this season and he will be a prime target for the Sun Devils offense. Taylor Kelly has been good for ASU at quarterback and he has the team ranked ninth in the nation with 340 yards passing per game and he also is second on the team in rushing.
Arizona State will be a tough challenge for Washington to deal with an Kelly has already passed for 1965 yards and 16 touchdowns this season and they will test the Huskies secondary all night. The team is coming off of a win over Colorado and a loss to Stanford and that came after a blowout win against USC, which led to the firing of Lane Kiffin. The team has games against UCLA and Arizona left and the game on Saturday will be at 6:00 PM on the Pac-12 Network against Washington at Sun Devil Stadium.